The Role of Regulation and Processing Strategies in Understanding Science Text Among University Students

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-262

  Vilppu, Henna ^a   Mikkilä Erdmann, Mirjamaija ^a   Ahopelto, Ilona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

conceptual change; processing strategy; refutational text; regulation strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877836617     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2011.637229     Document Type: Article

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